Made in Hollywood

"Oh dear brother, how unfortunate it is..."

A girl with short blond-brown hair carried a newspaper, walked into the living room of the hotel suite, and struck David Ellison unsympathetically, "You lost again!"

David Ellison focused on breakfast without looking up, "Isn't this what Hollywood has always liked to see?"

He actually knew very well that the traditional Hollywood forces represented by Duke Rosenberg and Warner Bros. would not like new entrants like him at all, and the two sides were naturally antagonistic.

Didn't seem to hear the helplessness and annoyance after the failure that David Ellison said, Megan Ellison sat on the sofa, opened the newspaper in her hand, curled her lips, and said, "Let me give it to you. Just miss last weekend's box-office report."

After she finished speaking, she didn't care about David Ellison's reaction, and deliberately read it in a cadenced tone.

"The Dark Knight, which set the most brilliant premiere record in North American film history, once again created a miracle this week. Not only did it top the North American box office this weekend, but the total North American box office exceeded $350 million within ten days of its release."

"This weekend, "The Dark Knight" chased after the victory and won the box office of 89.76 million US dollars in one fell swoop. It won the box office championship this weekend without any suspense, and the cumulative box office in North America reached 375.66 million US dollars, breaking the historical record again. The previous record was "Pirates of the Caribbean". 2" broke through the $300 million box office in 16 days."

"According to the current trend estimates, The Dark Knight may break through the $400 million box office 13 days after its release, setting a new record again. The current record is set by "Shrek 2", which took 33 days to reach Four hundred million dollars!"

"I Am Legend, starring Will Smith, did just as well, but in the dark shadow of Batman, it was only No. 2 at the box office in its opening weekend. Produced by Sky Studios, The post-apocalyptic sci-fi film released by Bowei Pictures premiered last Friday. It earned $73.89 million in three days over the weekend, exceeding the distributor's expectations..."

After reading this, Megan Ellison looked up at David Ellison's side, and his expression was not very good.

It seems that she has not satisfied the bad taste in her heart, she turned over the page and read out another commentary report.

"The Dark Knight nears $400 million in 10 days. Titanic box office myth is about to be shattered..."

Hearing this, David Ellison had a reaction. He put down the knife and fork in his hand, picked up the napkin and wiped his mouth, and said, "Just this movie, do you still want to get 600 million US dollars in North America? Do you want to? More than 'Titanic'? It's probably not even comparable to Duke Rosenberg's 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' at the box office!"

It's not just David Ellison who holds similar views. There are other media.

At a time when the box office of "The Dark Knight" has skyrocketed, and a single step can cross the $400 million threshold, many media are touting Duke's film that will surely surpass "Titanic" and create new Box office miracle.

But there has always been a phenomenon in the media that people always praise it. Someone will be belittled.

The "Washington Post" on the front page of the entertainment section expressed its view of the future trend of "The Dark Knight".

"The Dark Knight has been breaking box office records since its release - the best opening weekend, the fastest breaking $300 million, the most successful superhero movie. Some people have begun to speculate that The Dark Knight may eventually take that box office. An all-time record - 'Titanic' ousted from the top spot in North America."

“It seems plausible. The Dark Knight reached nearly two-thirds of Titanic’s box-office figures in just 10 days from its release, and it will take a few more weeks. The remaining one-third is a lot more. It will be filled soon so The Dark Knight will set a new North American box office record."

"Unfortunately, that's not going to happen, everyone wants to see The Dark Knight surpass Titanic. A new grossing king is born. But Duke Rosenberg's work wants to It's impossible to go beyond the film he invested in."

“Ten years ago, in 1997, Titanic was released, but the film industry has changed dramatically since then. It was an era when a movie could make tens of millions of dollars only weeks after it was released, and some great Only with good word of mouth will the films be shown in theaters for as long as possible, and then stay for the first half of the year or even longer."

“However, the system has changed a lot since then. Now studios and audiences have lost patience, and the focus is on the opening weekend of the film, so we’re not sure about the first three days at the box office. It’s not surprising that blockbusters make up a third or more of the box office. And what about Titanic? It’s less than 10 percent of the box office opening weekend.”

"Look at the most profitable films in 2007. The films with a total box office of more than 100 million US dollars have not been released for more than six months. The annual champion "Iron Man" began to be released in early May and ended in October..."

"The business strategy right now is to put it in as many theaters as possible at the same time, make enough money for the first two weeks, and then release DVDs while people are still fresh."

"Titanic once topped the box office for 15 consecutive weekends, and now, many big-budget films are released on DVD 15 weeks after their release, and during the summer season, there are blockbusters every week, "Darkness" Knights is facing extremely tough competition, especially with Spider-Man 3 coming out this weekend, and it's not easy for anyone to get a head start."

"It's unimaginable for The Dark Knight to think that when Titanic came out, there were basically no competitors of the same level in the first few months."

"Duke Rosenberg's film has been at No. 1 in the North American box office for two weeks in a row, but the next weekend box office fell more than 50%. This is normal, this situation will continue, and next week's box office chart The championship is bound to be handed over to Spider-Man 3."

"The Dark Knight is now close to $400 million, and will likely reach $550 million in total, which would surpass the third-place box office record of all time." -- "The Two Towers: The Two Towers" $521.32 million, but it's impossible to challenge the second-placed The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and the first Titanic, because the film industry will never be the same again."

"One more thing we can't forget, those young girls who watched Titanic over and over again injected countless energy and box office numbers into the film. And The Dark Knight, to be exact, was just a bunch of Repeated buying and selling, with too dark and heavy themes, is far from being a captivating film that touches the depths of people's emotions, it doesn't bring anything to the film from young girls."

"What can dethrone the rulers of today's movie world? Inflation! No film will surpass the 'Titanic' box office record for at least the next 5 years. When will the 'Titanic' record be broken? Wait until the tickets The price has risen enough."

"That's how the film business of the 21st century hastily and flippantly works."

In the study of the eye-shaped villa, Tina Fey put down the "Washington Post" in her hand and asked, "Is there really no hope of 'The Dark Knight' breaking the box office record of 'Titanic'?"

Putting down the document in his hand, Duke shook his head at Tina Fey, "It's very, very difficult. In my opinion, it's basically impossible."

Think back to when those girls kept buying tickets to see Leonardo DiCaprio going into the theater and watching it over and over again.

Even if he left this world, Heath Ledger could not bring this effect.

Boys like a character or movie, and may buy a ticket to watch it twice or even three times, but it is unrealistic to watch more, and girls are relatively irrational in this regard.

The Joker and the heavy Batman, how many girls will please?

For a film to achieve the North American box office success of "Titanic" or "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", it needs a large number of audiences to watch it repeatedly, but "The Dark Knight" has neither Jack nor Legolas.

Of course, this is only part of the reason, the change in distribution strategy is the key.

Today, although DVD is slowly going downhill, it is still the main source of income for Hollywood studios. For the sake of DVD sales, it is impossible for Duke or Warner Bros. to keep "The Dark Knight" in theaters for a year, waiting for the popularity. It will be released on DVD after it is finished.

Not to mention whether it can break the record of "Titanic", on the other hand, is the name of the No. 1 or No. 2 box office in North America more important, or is the actual income of the film more important?

For someone like Duke, it was a good choice.

"However, there's one point of view I don't agree with." Duke pointed to the paper. "No film in the next five years can surpass the box office of 'Titanic'?"

He shook his head slowly.

The report is correct in some aspects of the analysis and inaccurate in others.

It's quite true to wait for inflation and higher ticket prices to surpass Titanic, for example, but he completely ignores the development of emerging projection technology in North America - the growth rate of 3D screens is astonishing!

3D is twice as expensive as the regular 2D version and 3 times as much in IMAX.

As long as there are enough 3D screens and IMAX theaters as a basis, it is not difficult to achieve the film that Duke invested in.

Moreover, there may be more movies to surpass in the future.

While today's 3D technology has major flaws, there's no denying the visual thrills it can bring, and Duke is ready to add to the 3D production sequence to use the technology in his next film. (To be continued ~^~)